2 7800GTX for one 8800GTS 320?

Mad_Cow20

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Did I make a good deal?

I currently sold 2 EVGA 7800GTX 256MB for $250.00 which I then bought a EVGA 8800GTS 320MB for $300.00. I only bought the GTS because I plan on upgrading when the 9 series comes out and I wanted to get the most money out of my 7800's.

What do you all think?
 

enforcerfx

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Did I make a good deal?

I currently sold 2 EVGA 7800GTX 256MB for $250.00 which I then bought a EVGA 8800GTS 320MB for $300.00. I only bought the GTS because I plan on upgrading when the 9 series comes out and I wanted to get the most money out of my 7800's.

What do you all think?


I would say the 8800GTS is a little faster than 2 7800GTX's. Plus you have the capability of DX10, which the 7800's don't.


You got a good deal. Have fun! :D
 

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i just installed my new evga 8800gts 320 and oc the living crap out of it. im running it at 667/1001 and let me tell you im in heaven. with my oc e4300 @ 3420mghz and my ddr2 6500 at 956mghz , i run bf2 at 1600x1200 with a min of 90fps and avarage of 120.(max is around 190), oh and everything at max, i mean MAX. 16xaf 8xaa.im one happy camper
 

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i just installed my new evga 8800gts 320 and oc the living crap out of it. im running it at 667/1001 and let me tell you im in heaven. with my oc e4300 @ 3420mghz and my ddr2 6500 at 956mghz , i run bf2 at 1600x1200 with a min of 90fps and avarage of 120.(max is around 190), oh and everything at max, i mean MAX. 16xaf 8xaa.im one happy camper

Cool but i thought bf2 was capped at 100fps :roll:
 

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Good deal but i have to mention that now you can use FP16+AA too!
I play Battlefield 2142 with my brother(LAN) and i run it 1600x1200+16xAA/16xAF. I didn't check the frame rates but i see no FPS drop with 32 Bots against me and my brother!
Happy Battlefielding! :wink:
 

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The deal was smart, nice work. Asking for advice after the fact, not so much... You were lucky :p :p

Yeah I know...I felt good about it though. I will ask next time I do this :eek:), maybe when I sell this for the 9 series.
 

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i just installed my new evga 8800gts 320 and oc the living crap out of it. im running it at 667/1001 and let me tell you im in heaven. with my oc e4300 @ 3420mghz and my ddr2 6500 at 956mghz , i run bf2 at 1600x1200 with a min of 90fps and avarage of 120.(max is around 190), oh and everything at max, i mean MAX. 16xaf 8xaa.im one happy camper

I can tell you that STALKER looked a ton better with the 8 series card compared to my two 7800's!!!! Although I can not max everything out, seems like the textures on STALKER really kill the card, I guess more video memory would of solved that problem?

What did you use to OC your card? I would like to try to OC mine...I know that it is all ready OC'ed a little bit, it is the super clock version from EVGA.
 

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i dont know about any other cards but apperantly the new evga 320 has a better cooling than a gtx and its mad quiet, at least i find soo. i do have like 5 fans running but it keeps everything cool'd. im about to order 2 more fans to mount onto my thermalright extreme.